Panna State | |||||||
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Princely State ofBritish India | |||||||
1731–1950 | |||||||
![]() Panna State in theImperial Gazetteer of India | |||||||
Capital | Panna | ||||||
Area | |||||||
• 1931 | 6,724 km2 (2,596 sq mi) | ||||||
Population | |||||||
• 1931 | 212,130 | ||||||
History | |||||||
• Established | 1731 | ||||||
1950 | |||||||
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Panna State was a kingdom and laterprincely state ofcolonial India,[1] located in modernPanna district ofMadhya Pradesh.
The state of Panna belonged to theBundelkhand Agency and covered an area of, 6724 km2 with 1,008 villages within its borders in 1901.[citation needed] It took its name from the chief town in the area,Panna, which was the capital of the state.
A predecessor state was founded by one of theRaj Gond chiefs of the area around 1450.[2]Almost three centuries laterPanna was the capital chosen by a leaderChhatar Sal, the founder of Panna State, after leading a revolt against theMughal Empire. He established an alliance with theMarathaPeshwa and made Panna his capital. After conqueringMahoba in 1680 Chhatar Sal extended his rule over most ofBundelkhand. Upon his death in 1731, his kingdom was divided among his sons, with one-third of the kingdom going to his son-in-law, the PeshwaBaji Rao I.[citation needed]
The Kingdom of Panna went to Harde Sah, the eldest son of Chhatar Sal. In the early 19th century, Panna became aprincely state ofBritish India, and gained control of the states ofNagod andSohawal. RajaNirpat Singh assisted the British in theRevolt of 1857, and the British rewarded him with the titleMaharaja.[citation needed]
Maharaja Madho Singh was deposed by theViceroy in April 1902, after a commission found him guilty of poisoning his uncle, Rao Raja Khuman Singh, the previous year.[3]
Maharaja Mahendra Yadvendra Singh acceded to theGovernment of India on 1 January 1950, and the kingdom becamePanna District of the new Indian state ofVindhya Pradesh. Vindhya Pradesh was merged intoMadhya Pradesh on 1 November 1956.
The rulers of the state were entitled to an 11-gun salute by the British authorities.[4]
After abolition of all royal titles and privy purse in 1971.